Days before the ominous trade deadline, our beloved Sox have once again pulled out all the stops, and made a bold move that all but ensures an AL pennant in 2009. GM Kenny Williams must have brass balls to ship Brian Anderson to the Red Sox for Mark Kotsay, but the move was well worth it.

White Sox get: A guy who hasn’t stepped on the field since June 3rd

Red Sox get: A guy who will only be remembered for representing the Southside nicely during a brawl with the Cubs in 2006

This trade reeks of a few bored GM’s treating baseball players like baseball cards